The person who initiated the Yosemite Firefall is widely acknowledged to have been James McCauley. He and his wife ran the Mountain House, a small, two-story hotel built atop Glacier Point in 1873 ...

Yes, the historical Firefall used to happen at Glacier Point, where a bonfire's embers would be pushed over the edge, visible from Curry Village below. It took place 1872-1968 (with several years ...

The Firefall was made famous by Galen Rowell ... From 1872 until 1968, burning garbage was dumped from the top of Glacier Point to Yosemite Valley’s floor 3,000 feet below, which looked ...

human-made firefall off of Glacier Point that took place decades ago inside the same national park. Yes, Yosemite Firefall is essentially a stunning optical illusion created by nature. For a ...

Up until 1968, the remains of campfires would be pushed over the edge of Glacier Point in Yosemite on a nightly basis, creating a stream of embers that eventually became known as "the Firefall." ...

The firefall name harkens back to an old Yosemite tradition in which park concessionaire employees would tip glowing embers off Glacier Point to create what looked like a man-made “firefall.” ...

Glacier Point Hotel was destroyed by fire in 1969, and has not been rebuilt.” And here are some of Bricker’s tips for shooting the spectacle: The best time of the year to see Firefall is mid ...

Tourists refer to the natural phenomenon as the “firefall,” although park officials reserve that term for the days when people used to push bonfires off Glacier Point. According to Yosemite ...

"Although entirely natural, the phenonemon is reminiscent of the human-caused firefall that historically occurred from Glacier Point," the NPS said. Every afternoon, a fire would be lit atop ...

While the original firefall was a summer event where literal burning embers were dropped from the top of Glacier Point to mimic a fiery waterfall into the valley below, the current version is all ...